Ibnu 'Asakir meriwayatkan bahawa Anisah berkata: Abu Bakar telah menetap di kalangan kami selama tiga tahun sebelum dilantik sebagai khalifah dan setahun selepas itu, dan hamba-hamba perempuan dari kawasan itu akan datang kepadanya dengan kambing ternakan mereka, lalu dia akan memerah susu untuk mereka.

Ibn cAsakir narrated that Anisah said: Abu Bakr was settled among us for three years before he was appointed khalifah and a year afterwards, and the servant girls of the quarter would come to him with their flocks and he would milk them for them.

Ahmad meriwayatkan dalam az-Zuhd bahawa Maymun bin Mihran berkata: Seorang lelaki datang kepada Abu Bakar dan berkata, "Assalamu 'alaika (bentuk tunggal sapaan) wahai Khalifah Rasulullah ﷺ." Lalu beliau berkata, "Dalam kalangan semua ini." (Lelaki itu memberi salam secara khusus kepada beliau, tidak kepada yang hadir).

Ahmad narratd in az-Zuhd that Maymun ibn Mihran said: A man came to Abu Bakr and said, ‘Peace be upon you (as-salamu alaika -the singular form of address) Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah.’ And he said, ‘In among all of these.’ (The man had greeted him exclusively of those present).

Abu Salih al-Ghifari berkata bahawa cUmar ibn al-Khattab biasa menjaga seorang wanita tua yang buta di salah sebuah pinggir Madinah pada waktu malam. Beliau akan menimba air untuknya minum, dan akan menguruskan keperluannya. Kadang-kadang apabila beliau datang kepadanya, beliau mendapati ada orang lain yang telah mendahuluinya dan melakukan apa yang dikehendakinya. Beliau datang kepadanya lebih dari sekali supaya orang lain itu tidak mendahuluinya. cUmar mengintai orang itu, dan rupa-rupanya Abu Bakar yang datang kepadanya, dan ketika itu beliau ialah khalifah. cUmar berkata, "Demi nyawaku, engkaulah orangnya!" Abu Nucaym dan lain-lain meriwayatkan bahawa cAbd ar-Rahman al-Asbahani berkata: Al-Hasan ibn cAli datang kepada Abu Bakar ketika beliau berada di atas mimbar Nabi ﷺ, lalu berkata, "Turunlah dari tempat duduk ayahku." Beliau berkata, "Engkau benar, ia adalah tempat duduk ayahmu," lalu beliau mendukungnya di pangkuannya dan menangis.

Abu Salih al-Ghifari said that cUmar ibn al-Khattab used to take care of an elderly blind woman in one of the outskirts of Madinah at night. He would draw water for her to drink, and would undertake her business. Sometimes when he came to her he would find that someone else had already beaten him to her and done what she wanted. He came to her more than one time so that the other might not beat him to her. cUmar lay in wait for him, and it was Abu Bakr who had come to her, and he was at that time khalifah. cUmar said, ‘You are he, by my life!’ Abu Nucaym and others narrated that cAbd ar-Rahman al-Asbahani said: Al-Hasan ibn cAli came to Abu Bakr when he was upon the minbar of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, ‘Come down from my father’s seat.’ He said, ‘You have told the truth, it is your father’s seat,’ and he placed him in his lap and wept.

'Ali berkata, "Demi Allah, ini bukan atas perintahku." Baginda berkata, "Engkau telah berkata benar. Demi Allah, aku tidak mencurigaimu."

'Ali said, ‘By Allah, this was not from my command.’ He said, ‘You have told the truth. By Allah, I did not suspect you.’

Ibnu Sa'd meriwayatkan bahawa Ibnu 'Umar berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ melantik Abu Bakar untuk mengetuai haji pada haji pertama dalam Islam, kemudian Rasulullah ﷺ menunaikan haji pada tahun berikutnya. Apabila Rasulullah ﷺ wafat dan Abu Bakar dilantik sebagai khalifah, beliau melantik 'Umar untuk mengetuai haji, kemudian Abu Bakar menunaikan haji pada tahun berikutnya. Apabila Abu Bakar wafat dan 'Umar dilantik sebagai khalifah, beliau melantik 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn 'Awf untuk mengetuai haji, lalu 'Umar terus menunaikan haji setiap tahun sehingga beliau wafat. Kemudian 'Uthman dilantik sebagai khalifah, dan beliau melantik 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn 'Awf untuk mengetuai haji.

Ibn Sacd narrated that Ibn cUmar said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, appointed Abu Bakr to lead the Hajj in the first Hajj of Islam, then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, performed the Hajj the following year. When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died and Abu Bakr was appointed khalifah, he put cUmar in charge of leading the Hajj, then Abu Bakr performed the Hajj the following year. When Abu Bakr died and cUmar was appointed khalifah, he put cAbd ar-Rahman ibn cAwf in charge of the Hajj, then cUmar continued to perform the Hajj every year until he died. cUthman was then appointed khalifah, and he put cAbd ar-Rahman ibn cAwf in charge of the Hajj.